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vol. xx, no. 15 Bicol, the philippines octoBer 7 - 13, 2012 p5.00

Robredo’s widow runs for CongressFuentebella optimisticon Camarines Sur split

NAGA CITY -- The widow of the late Interior and Local Gov-ernment Secretary Jesse M. Robredo has opted to run for congress, to represent Cama-rines Sur’s 3rd congressional district.

Atty. Leni Gerona Robredo, who was earlier seen on nationwide television as the composed and eloquent widow of the pop-ular government executive, decided Friday afternoon after talking with President Benigno S. Aquino III and DILG Secretary Manuel Roxas II.

She will run against former Monetary Board Member Nelly Villafuerte, wife of incum-bent Camarines Sur 3rd District Rep. Luis Villafuerte, incumbent Board Member Cha-rie Pante and businessman Oscar Arcilla.

Mrs. Robredo told reporters here that she had to make a last-minute decision after the LP’s congressional bet in the province, Naga City vice Mayor Gabby Bordado backed out of the race.

Bordado had said that he is backing out from the congressional race to give way for Mrs. Robredo, whom he believes is very capable of representing the people of the third district of Camarines Sur.

In previous interviews, Mrs. Robredo said she prefers a quiet life with her chil-dren and made known her desire to become a Regional Trial Court judge.

“I was 200 percent sure I did not want to run. Even my own kids were surprised. They begged me not to run. But I also had to explain that my husband spent 19 years of blood, sweat and tears. Nakita ko lang too small a price to pay yung isasakripisyo ko yung sarili,” Mrs. Robredo said.

She was earlier named Camarines Sur Liberal Party chairperson.

Rep. Fuentebella

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Deputy Speaker Arnulfo Fuentebella expressed his optimism that the Senate would finally pass the bill splitting Camarines Sur (CamSur) into two prov-inces when Congress recon-venes on Monday.

Fuentebella has used as his basis for predicting the CamSur split on the fact that two Senate panels namely the committee on local gov-ernment and the committee on constitutional amend-

ments, revision of codes and laws – endorsed the bill in separate reports last Aug. 16 and Sept. 12.

He said Sen. Miriam De-fensor-Santiago, who chairs the revision of laws com-mittee, and Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr., local government committee chairman, “have sponsored the measure with some amendments,” he said.

Fuentebella said that it is only Sen. Antonio Trillanes

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opinionsunlimited

Atty. TONY (APA) ACYATAN

spouses or their children.In the provinces of Quezon and

Camarines Sur – and in CALABARZON & Bicol areas, surnames of candidacies are spelled the same. There is also that strategy of a family member filing for a certain position just to confuse the competition. When the proper time comes, the “real” candidate with the same surname will surface. In these Machiavellian moves – the consequent losers will be the unknowing voters.

TAX GOALS: Even as the Bureau of Customs fell short of its collection goals, a bigger proportion of revenues were generated by the Bureau of Internal Revenue. The financial sourcing success gave the Phl a big boost in ratings – pushing our country higher in the investment preference chart as prepared by credit and investment rating firms. With the positive records of BIR, it is high time that the Ombudsman should now check the lifestyle of BIR personnel.

The good news is that graft and corruption at the BIR top echelon is now controlled. But the campaign for honesty has yet to be brought down from the BIR National Office to the Regional Offices and the Revenue District Offices. Tax lawyers and CPAs know first-hand who are the “wang-wang” men in the Bureau. They are just afraid to spill the beans even as they protect their clients as well as their own professional practice.

DOLLAR DEPOSITS: With the improving trend of the Phl peso exchange against the US dollar, FX depositors are now withdrawing their accounts. There are ample dollars available for purchase (on valid purposes) – so it is no longer advisable to deposit dollars. More foreign investments are projected to be invested here towards end of this and up to 2013. With inflows added to OFW remittances, FX supplies will keep Phl exchange rate down.

As we accumulate more FX for our gross international reserves, the government should to pay off our foreign loans. Our extra budget needs can be funded by domestic borrowings. In this wise – interest rate can be maintained, so our savers may be encouraged to continue keeping their excess money in the banks. Our financial problems: inflation, interest rate and FX values, can easily solved through proper management.

WISDOM: Pleasant words are honeycombs; sweet to the soul, and healing to the bones!

(Atty. APA – chairs Acyatan & Co., CPAs-DFK International – is PICPA past president and Hall-of-Famer, past chair of ASEAN Federation of CPAs, and ACPAPP Lifetime Achievement Awardee).

CANDIDACIES: With the deadline last Friday for the filing of Certificates of Candidacies and formal acceptance of nominations, the first stage leading to the mid-term elections has been set. Save for last-minute turncoatisms, the battle lines are now drawn. As a preview to the presidential elections of 2016, the principal contending groups are the LP-NP-NPC combine and United Nationalist Alliance (UNA).

The more-or-less defined line-ups for senators give electors a good chance of reviewing the background and qualifications of the candidates. The “common” candidates adopted by the contending parties are preliminary to the forthcoming contest for the Senate leadership. Non-inclusion of popular government officials like Roxas, Tanada, Joel Villanueva, Butch Abad, Biazon and Prosie Alcala may indicate that they are being reserved for the battle royale in 2016.

DYNASTY: The emerging lists of candidates for various local government positions confirm that there are certain families that consider LGU positions as their heritage or legacies. Family members are aspiring for various positions as if they are the only ones “anointed” by God to serve our people. Those who are ineligible to run (after completing three terms) are now being replaced either by

2013 Election Season

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The Spaniards have handed down to us a legacy which an American professor from Maryland University sometime ago dubbed as oligarchy. The oligarchs are the most wealthy, the most powerful people in every region.

This colonial creation of the Spanish rule is very much alive today. It has survived decades of attempts by well-meaning leaders to wean Filipinos away from its lingering harm. The oligarchs have assumed a new name: politicos.

They are not ordinary individuals, these oligarchs. The come from well-entrenched clans, moneyed, with strings attached to high places. You will come upon them in every province, every city, every town. You cannot lick them easily.

Today, they are all busy, preparing for a showdown come May, 20l3 with their equally politically potent adversaries.

In v iolent-prone provinces, the showdown takes the form of a Wild West high noon duel. They harass, they murder. if their money fails. It is matira ang matibay

battle.Politics is now a family affair. If the

father is a candidate for governor, the wife is a candidate for a House seat, the son for vice governor, the daughter for mayor, an uncle for senator.

These politicos are not that malevolent, contrary to the charges of critics. If you are interested, you can run for the town council or for barangay kagawad. Is this not a sign of unselfishness?

Strangely, they do not look at their presence in every elective post as a manifestation of a political dynasty, their dynasty. They believe that because they have university degrees from here and abroad and they have money, the elective posts are God’s gifts to them.

And so, just like what the Bible says to people at the beginning of civilization to go and multiply and replenish the earth, they tell themselves to go and run for public office and rule the country.

This is a siren call that they cannot resist.

Almost every political clan today is building a dynasty to accommodate all the members of the family. Even the unborn have a ready elective post.

After all, the posts are God’s gifts to them. Do not ever think they will share the gifts with you.

Do you still remember the ancient divine right of kings theory? Every monarch in that half forgotten era

the oligarchs, the politicos

Weekly ReflectionFR. ALLAN S. FENIX

One Place, One Hometown, One Church

In the past, life was so simple, then. For most, they were born , grew up, wed, raised a family and, eventually, die all in just one place- one hometown. this is evidently seen in many of our family cemetery plots wherein whole generation of families are just buried alongside each other. However, nowadays, with the onset of the globalization mania, many things have made a sudden turnaround in our lives. What used to be the usual, the normal, the permanent... is now just relative. One can already be born, grow up, wed.... and die almost anywhere one decides to.

before, with the less opportunity for higher studies in the countryside, people have no other options but to marry their school or neighborhood sweethearts, settle down and quietly raise a family in a farm. However, again, with the globalization mania, continually heating up, people now have more choices to study, work, travel, live... almost anywhere. People do not want anymore to be tied down to the land, for life. they want to be free, to spread their wings and fly to places- hometowns which could give them more chances to better their lives.

though no longer new, today in our church, the so-called cross marriages, which is between persons from different races, and mixed marriages, between different faiths, are already somewhat ordinary. as a simple example, how many of you, gathered in the community today, are not originally from this place, this hometown, this parish church... ?

Having cross and mixed marriages in our communities are something not to frown on but a reason to be glad about. because through the exchange of cultures and traditions our community, our church is enrich. We , as a church, become multicolor.

the Catholic church, as an institution, is always accuse of being too conservative, slow, if not left behind with the times, in the many facets of its life. However, with the reality of cross and mixed marriages in our communities, this just goes to show that the church is rather being true to one of its characteristics, being universal, being global.

“You shall neither wrong a stranger, nor oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. “ Exodus 22:21 Our church, with all its doors widely open, is like a mother who welcomes eVeRYOne, saints and sinners, alike, into its arms. almost all of us, with the exception of maybe one or two, were once strangers in a land we know not, however, the church , through the sacrament of baptism, adopted and made us her own so that anywhere we go we, people of the faith, will have one place, one hometown, one church under heaven. this last, heaven, will eventually be our one common true HOMe together with ,God, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. and, also with the blessed Virgin Mary, the angels, the saints and the poor souls in purgatory. altogether, we will be in one place, one hometown, one church.

of Japan. This is not the case in the Philippines. Our Constitution says in Section 1 “Declaration of Principles. “That the Philippines is a Democratic and Republican State. Sovereignty resides in the people and all Government authority emanates from them.”

This is done through our electoral process where the people vote and decide who they want to hold the different positions in the government. The power and authority is not inherited. They are elected to their positions. We need a law that will define what is a dynasty under

our form of government.* * * * * *

I believe that the creation of the province of Nueva Camarines will level the political playing field in a way. With the division of the province of Camarines, the land area where one has to campaign for provincial governor, vice governor, and board members will be smaller. Instead of campaigning in thirty five (35) municipalities, one has to campaign only in twenty five (25) municipalities. It will also be less expensive. This will encourage more people to run for public office and fight whoever they want. The same will also happen in Partido, the proposed province of Nueva Camarines. An aspirant for governor, vice governor and board members will campaign only in ten (10) municipalities instead of 35 municipalities. It will also be less expensive. That’s why I encourage the people to vote “Yes” in favor of Nueva Camarines due to this coming political situation when there will be a plebiscite. Of course, this is only one advantage beside the many other advantages

With the filing of the Certificates of Candidacy of the aspirants for national and local positions in the government for the 2013 election, we can say all cards are already on the table. It’s now time to study the qualifications of the candidates, their official and private record, and other issues. For me, the issue that the electorate should answer is who of the candidates can best serve the people.

At this time, I want to discuss the issue of dynasty against the Fuentebella family. This issue had been raised against them in all elections when there is a candidate from his family, but most of the time that Fuentebella candidate is elected. Why? I can only speculate that the people do not buy this issue against them. If they (the Fuentebellas) are bad people with bad record and no performance of service to the people, they will not be elected. This history of public service is a public knowledge and the voters are not stupid and blind.

What is a dynasty? In a dynasty, the power and authority of the government is inherited like those of the royal families in England, Japan, etc. like those of the Queen of England and the Emperor

What is a dynasty, Nueva Cam will level playing field & 15 Promises of Mary

NENITA FuENTEBELLA-PEÑONES

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october activities forvisit Daet 2012 slated

The local government of this town has lined-up Visit Daet 2012 activities for the month of October this year. Recently, the LGU-Daet had spearheaded the bless-ing and inauguration of its

UNEP holds 50th Activation Day,celebrates tradition of discipline

Every year, hundreds of high school students marched off at the Univer-sity of Northeastern Phil-ippines’ (UNEP) grounds, showcasing their best drill moves while wearing their gala and military uniforms. The competition pushed their adrenalins to aspire for the win and bring home the much coveted price as the Best Marching band in the region.

This year, UNEP cel-ebrated its 50th year of spear-heading the ROTC Army

Activation Day in Iriga City with thirty (30) competing marching bands, drums and lyres and majorettes filling the UNEP training arena. They will be competing un-der two (2) categories, wish-ing that this time they will bring home the bacon.

More determined to pur-sue that goal was Zeferino Arroyo High School which was chosen as this year’s Grand Champion under Cat-egory A. Baao National High School came close and was declared as 1st runner up; fol-

lowed by Ocampo National High School - 2nd runner up; San Vicente National High School, 3rd Runner up and La Purisima High School, as 4th Runner up.

Under Category B, Sta. Monica Academy wowed the audience with their im-pressive moves, garnered the highest score and was declared as Champion under the said category. Among its hopeful competitors, Holy Trinity College came up as 1st runner up; Rosary School,

SeAgRASS ASSeSSmentDenR – Protected areas and Wildlife Division (PaWD) technical personnel transect bacacay Coastline in albay Province to assess seagrass and coral cover. DenR bicol found out a fair rating of the seagrass cover pegged at 30.65 percent. One species dominated the 6 transects being called enhaulus acoroides or locally known as mariw bariw.

HABAnA ClAn Reunion aleX buStaMante

1st District Zambales Representative Mitos Habana Magsaysay attended the Grand Reunion of the Habana Clan of bula, CamSur. bula mayor benjamin Decena welcomed the multi-awarded Congresswoman vying for a Senatorial seat in next year elections.

new government buildings such as Government Cen-ter cum Legislative Build-ing, RHU II, and RHU III . The new RHU III building was realized through the funds from DILG-Local

Government Support Fund (LGSF) and Performance Challenge Fund (PCF) re-ceived by the LGU-Daet as one of the awardees in the Seal of Good Housekeeping as well as its local counter-part.

The Visit Daet 2012 aims to showcase products and the beautiful places of the town and the province in or-der to encouraged Daeteños and the tourists to come and enjoy here and also as a way to push the tourism industry.

Daet Mayor Tito Sarion said that activities include: the OKB Gayon Bicol Re-gional Trade Fair wherein the Technology and Liveli-hood Development Center (TLDC) of Daet will par-ticipate from October 4 until October 7 at SM Megamall to showcase pili and pinya base products of the town.

A meeting on Friday will be conducted for the Mu-nicipal Council for the Pro-tection of Children (MCPC) to discussed children’s pro-

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nKtI, PIa hold awareness drive on kidney health careby ANAliZA S. MACAtANGAy

NAGA CITY -- The National Kidney and Transplant Institute-Re-nal Disease Control Pro-gram (NKTI-Redcop) has partnered with the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) to hold publicity and promo-tions through activities that will raise the aware-ness on renal health care and prevention.

PIA-Camarines Sur has

invited Dr. Rizalina Ramos during its monthly program, “Forum @ PIA” to clarify is-sues about kidney infections, which is considered as one of the leading health prob-lems among Filipinos.

Ramos, in her discussion during the forum and press conference held at the Naga City Hall blue room on Fri-day, said an average of 10 patients are added to the new list of patients seeking medi-cal attention every month at the Bicol Medical Center (BMC).

“This is an alarming rate considering the fact that

each month, consultations ranging from simple kidney infections to schedules of dialysis treatment is being added up to our list,” Ramos added.

Ramos cited some of the prevailing diseases affecting the kidney, which most often than not, leads to chronic re-nal failure or the gradual and progressive loss of the abil-ity of the kidneys to excrete wastes, concentrate urine and conserve electrolytes.

On top of the list is in-fection, which is the most common disorder of the

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tours and travel – In Focus

DR. MARILISSA j. AMPuANPresident, Bicol Association of Tourism

and Hospitality Educators (BATHE)

A new world class airport will soon be put up at Daraga, Albay which will be known as “Southern Luzon International Airpirt” with a budget of almost P 1 billion. With this infrastructure development project the Aquino Administration will be able to solve the many problems of Bicol existing airports. It is on this note that the Department of Transportation and Communication will be bidding out a contract for the project at a total cost of P 963.2 million. Included in its initial procurement is the airside development covering the construction of runway strip, concrete paving of runway, taxiway construction, pavement and other periphery works. For purposes of making said airport globally competitive which will cater to the taste of travellers most especially foreign tourists, another bidding will be held for the construction of the passenger terminal building and other components landside wise. With this airport a better transport air services for Bicol will soon be realized as compared to last year’s nightmare of air travel to Naga City and Legaspi City where 198 flights were cancelled and 104 flights were delayed due to the airports microclimate hassles and inconvenience to the consternation of travellers to and from Bicol. This is due mainly to the rugged terrain surrounding Naga City and Legaspi City airports which in more ways than one had been obscured by thick fog every now and then.

Soon this will be a thing of the past considering that Bicol for the present despite the hassles is now a top tourist’s destination. As matter of fact, this would also bolster the trade and investments which are expected to rise in Region V. It must be noted that business in Bicol

posted the fastest gross regional domestic product at 8.2 percent among 16 regions in the Philippines. With the advent of this new International airport it will not be farfetched to conclude that Bicolandia will find its rightful place in the sun tourism and business investment wise. If this will happen we could pronounce to the whole world that really it’s more fun in the Philippines most particularly Bicol.

As the region with popular destinations like the Camarines Sur Aqua Sports Complex, the Gota Beach Resort in Caramoan Peninsula, Donsol Sorsogon whale shark sight-seeing and the ever majestic Mt. Mayon, we could realize an unprecedented tourist arrival in Bicol never before experienced by earnest tourism stakeholders who had been looking forward to this welcome development. The airports opening would be an opportunity for many tourist destinations but it will also open its doors to a wide variety of natural attractions such as Panicuason,

the Malabsay falls and other falls and streams and natural pools like the Big Stone Area which is a perfect spot for rappelling, zip-lining or just plain swimming. Big Stone when developed has the potentials it could offer to tourists who are extreme sports and adventure aficionados. Added to these destinations are the festivals we have in Bicol like the Pinyahan festival in Camarines Norte, the Rodeo festival in Masbate, the Ibalon festival in Legaspi City and the ever popular and grand Peñaferancia festival in Naga City including the Kaogma festival of Camarines Sur. Naga City for its part has its Mt. Isarog with the verdant meadows of its upper barangays Pacol, Carolina and Panicuason awaiting tourists who could experience God-given natural wonders and attractions they have never seen before. In these tourist sites and destinations the greenery is beyond compare. Mountain climbers, trekkers, and backpackers will find out to their hearts delight the place cool spring waters, waterfalls and hot spring. Mt. Isarog is as interesting as Mt. Mayon where nature lovers and enthusiasts will savor its splendid settings.

All these and more can make Bicol a tourist haven. It feels good to see that sooner than we expected the national government under the inspired leadership of his Excellency President Benigno Simeon, C. Aquino III is leaving no stones unturned in making this happen with the construction and opening of the Southern Luzon International Airport in Daraga, Albay. In effect the benefits of tourism with the accessibility of Bicol’s tourist sites and attractions will now be realized.

Daily lesson log: an answerto teachers Prayer

by OSCaR a. PaROla

Recently, the Department of Education (DepEd) issued an unnumbered Memorandum series 2012, Re: Guidelines on the Writing of Lesson Plans , which was addressed to Bureau Directors, Regional Directors, School Division Superintendents and Heads of Public Schools, and I quote,

1. “Beginning SY 2012 – 2013, teachers of all public elementary and secondary schools will have more time for the preparation of necessary support instructional materials and student-centered activities as the Department of Education relaxes its requirements on lesson planning.” 3.2. “Teachers who have been in the service for more than two (2) years, private school experience included, may adopt the Daily Lesson Log (DLL) instead of daily lesson plans. The DLL will note down the Lesson as cited in the Teachers` Guide with page number, the Learners` Materials Used (e.g. Activity Sheets/Modules/Textbook with page no. or other materials) and Remarks: No. of pupils/students who mastered the lesson objectives and content, No. of pupils/students who need additional activities for remediation/reinforcement/enrichment.”

We wholeheartedly give our SALUTE to DepEd Secretary Bro. Armin A. Luistro, FSC for his impressive decision of relaxing the policy on lesson planning of public school teachers both in elementary and secondary level.

In 1992, I was assigned as a public school teacher at Payatan Elementary School, Goa, District, Division of Camarines Sur. Our station was located almost at the shoulder of Mount Isarog. The distance from poblacion is only thirteen kilometers, but it took one-and-a half hour travel with passenger jeepney because the road then was almost impassable with any kind of transportation. As a teacher, I experienced the hard times writing daily detailed lesson plans as well as preparing visual aids for all the subjects that I taught. I always had to beat the time just to prepare it so that the next day, lesson plans are ready for classroom instruction and for checking by our school head and supervisor.

These grueling experiences are true to all public school teachers. Teaching profession is dominated mostly by females whose precious time in school is consumed in preparing lengthy lesson plans inside the classroom to the extent of sacrificing classroom instruction. When they go home, lesson planning is set aside for family obligations or they are already exhausted with so much school concerns. Even my colleagues who are mothers usually complain that they sometimes neglect their duties to their children because so much time is spent on writing lesson plans. Instead of creating purposeful and enjoying classroom encounters, teachers find themselves spending more time on lesson planning. This practice has been prevailing in our schools for so long. Finally, the Central Office has realized the plea of the teachers and has resolved to let teachers prepare only the Daily Lesson Log instead of detailed lesson plans. Now, teachers will be able to do other meaningful tasks and learning interventions thereby improving the quality of instruction.

Sad to say that there still blocks in the implementation of the above -mentioned DepEd Order on the alleged that “most of the learning areas being taught have no Lesson Guide/Prototype lesson plans approved by the Division, and therefore teachers cannot adopt the DLL.” This allegation should not hinder teachers from using the DLL. Assuming that the Division Office has no approved prototype lesson plans for all subject areas, the power is within the Division Personnel’s hands to call up for a write-shop to prepare, approve and distribute or sell prototype lesson guides to the teachers at a reasonable price. This will not only lessen the burden of the teachers’ workload but it will also enhance the delivery of instruction. Besides, the intention of the DepEd Secretary is unequivocal which does not require interpretation.

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believed that they were destined to rule by divine right. And because they did not owe anybody for the crown on their heads, they were unanswerable only to God and themselves.

In other words, they were not accountable to the people. That was one reason why kings were blamed for the worst crimes against their own subjects.

In this country, the politicos believe that they alone have the right to occupy public office by reason of their education, their money and their connections. The poor and the unlettered are fit for the lowliest posts.

If some politicos do not have sufficient education, they have sufficient money and popularity. Examples are movie stars and athletes. Except for some who have finished college, the rest bank on their names as if their names are enough qualifications for public office.

Blame the l987 Philippine Constitution for this tragedy. A candidate for public office who can read and write only is qualified to run.

Fame and good looks particularly are appealing to the masses. Never mind the head.

The presence of old politicos does not bring much rejoicing, according to observers. In fact, they said, it is a cause for apprehension. I agree. They are the same old guys who have held the reins of government for so long.

What have they achieved?Former President Fidel V. Ramos said he is very much

uncomfortable with the presence of political dynasties. He believes they are up to no good.

Amen.-

a question of . . .


launch of AtM and timekeeping Kiosk at lRA: lRA and Veterans Bank officials officially launch the machines including (Front Row, l-R): lRa Deputy administrator atty. Ronald Ortile, PVb VP alfredo Santiago, lRa administrator atty. eulalio Diaz III, PVb eVP jesus Vicente Garcia, lRa Deputy administrator atty. Robert nomar leyretana, (back Row, l-R): PVb SM Mirella Valverde, PVb aVP Chona Victoria Guray, PVb aVP ezmeralda Halal, and PVb SM Hernando tapang.

Veterans bank, lRa PartnershipThe Land Registra-

tion Authority (LRA) and Philippine Veterans Bank strengthened its partner-ship after both parties inaugurated recently a VeteranTeller ATM and a timekeeping kiosk at the LRA Office in Quezon City.

Veterans Bank provided a complete payroll package in-cluding: multi-purpose ATM/ID cards for all its employees, one (1) unit of timekeeping kiosk, three (3) facial recog-nition units, payroll system software to LRA for free. The said government agency will benefit from these as they directly respond to the ini-tiatives of the agency to au-tomate its services. Mainte-nance of all the hardware and software shall be shouldered by Veterans Bank.

The timekeeping kiosk is a complete HR informa-tion system that uses a com-bined bar code reading and fingerprint-scanning technol-ogy a great transition from the manual time in-and-out

bicol foresters (foreground l-R) RtD Felix C. Mendoza, retired RtD ernesto tabanao, DenR IVa RtD for lands Francisco Milla jr. and PenRO Daet elpidio Orata led this year’s Region V delegates.

Foresters convene for more stringent forestry law enforcementThe Department of En-

vironment and Natural Re-sources (DENR) Regional Office Bicol foresters par-ticipated at the National Forestry Conference on Forest Law enforcement, governance, and trade in its resolve to vigorously ef-fect forestry laws applied to its 7.168 M ha forest cover. Some 49 DENR licensed foresters joined their col-leagues in celebrating over six decades of forestry prac-tice in the country.

DENR Regional Execu-tive Director Gilbert Gon-zales acknowledged that the Aquino adminsitration’s two landmark measures- morato-rium in the cutting of trees in

natural forest and the Nation-al Greening Program (NGP) strongly pursued in the re-gion benefit from perspec-tives gained in this confer-ence. The NGP target covers 77,574 ha out of 525,160 ha of forestland in the region.

Forester Renato De Rue-da, national council presi-dent underscored the role of the Filipino foresters in their involvement to protect and manage both forest and forest land reosurces despite losing a total of 14 foresters while on duty since July 2010. “We need to understand the com-plexity of issues on forest law enforcement, governance and trade, and on how to effect a more holistic and appropriate

strategies (to implement the law)”, he stressed.

The Philippine Society of Filipino Foresters called for seven-point agenda in the light of calamities that hit the Visayas and Mindanao top three of which are: first, pur-sue reforestation especially areas considered as protec-tion forests and are identified as highly vulnerable areas to natural disasters; second, a strong forest protection mechanism with proper train-ing and are supported with logistics; third, immediately evaluate and cancel all ten-ure instruments which failed to pass the assessment or screening relevant to EO 23 series of 2011. It also called

for the setting up of programs for climate change mitigation and adaptation in highly vul-nerable areas considering riv-er basin, for LGUs to consider geohazard maps in relocating settlers. They also called for the implementation of the National Climate Change Ac-tion Plan and to vigorously pursue an information, edu-cation, and communications campaign increasing aware-ness on disaster risk manage-ment among all sectors. Most importantly, they called for the passage of a House Bill that will facilitate the delin-eation of specific forest limits of the public domain and the Sustainable Forest Manage-ment Bill.

bercasio appeals to Camnorteresidents in Ontario, Canada

by ROMy ZEtAZAtE

Larry Bercasio, president of the Camarines Norte Association Canada - Ontario (CNAC-O) appealed to the natives of Camarines Norte who are now residing in Ontario province to get in touch with him either through his email address or his mobile phone because of the plan to put-up a directory which will distrib-uted not only in Canada but more so in the Philippines and other parts of the world.

At the same time, Bercasio said that CNAC-O will continue the scholarship project which are given to those high school students who are poor but with high scholas-tic ratings in the province of Camarines Norte.

He can be reached through his email address: [email protected] and his mobile phone: 416 - 986 -6808.

The province of Camarines Norte has twelve towns namely: Basud, Capalonga, Jose Panganiban, Labo, Mer-cedes, Paracale, San Lorenzo Ruiz, San Vicente, Sta. El-ena, Talisay, Vinzons, and Daet.

He also emphasied that CNAC-O will communicating with provincial government of Camarines Norte through Gov. Edgardo (Egay) A. Tallado in order to help promote the province as foreign tourists destination place in the Philippines.

Camarines Norte is noted for its production of For-mosa, a sweet pineapple fruit, Bercasio concluded. (St. Jamestown News Service)

of its employees. The time-keeping kiosk can generate customized reports and track employees’ ins-and-outs ef-fectively.

On the other hand, the installation of the ATM unit will make it easier for LRA employees to withdraw cash for their financial require-ments. As the VeteranTeller ATMs run on BancNet net-work, other banking services can also be availed through the machines including bal-ance inquiry, bills payment, and mobile phone reloading.

Veterans Bank provided a multi-purpose ATM/ID cards for all employees of LRA. The employees on the other hand can enjoy the use of the card with several function-alities such as: (1) an ATM card, (2) a timekeeping card, (3) an employee ID card, and (4) a debit card which can be used to purchase items from many retail establishments with POS terminals, all-in-one.

In his special message, LRA Administrator Atty.

Eulalio C. Diaz III thanked Veterans Bank for its sup-port to LRA and for address-ing the agency’s needs. He added that the installation of both ATM and timekeeping device meant that LRA was going “hi-tech.” He also ad-vised LRA employees to be responsible in using the ATM and for their finances.

On the other hand, Veter-ans Bank EVP and Branch Banking Head Jesus Vicente O. Garcia thanked the of-ficers of LRA for their sup-port of the bank’s products and services. He also assured LRA officers and staff about the stability of Veterans Bank and its continued commit-ment to service both private

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CamSur, DOH launchlakbay buhay Kalusugan

Families coming from the different towns of CamSur were treated to a colourful and festive health promotion caravan that included health classes consisting of maternal and child care, proper nutrition, family planning. (Middle photos) Pregnant mothers line up for prenatal check inside a customized bus while preschool children (bottom photo) enjoy their classes under the tutelage of daycare teachers. all these were the highlights of the lakbay buhay Kalusugan held at the Capitol Convention Center.

HeAltH AWAReneSS CARAvAn abeaRCIlla

PILI, CamSur – Cama-rines Sur chalked up anoth-er first when the province headed by Governor LRay Villafuerte successfully hosted Lakbay Buhay Ka-lusugan or LBK in partner-ship with the Department of Health Region 5 at the sprawling Capitol Conven-tion Center last Tuesday, October 2.

CamSur will be the first province in the country to implement the LBK.

Lakbay Buhay Kalusugan, or LBK, is a health promo-tion caravan which aims to enhance public awareness of maternal and child health, proper nutrition, family plan-ning and diseases such as tu-berculosis and HIV.

LBK utilizes a customized bus fitted with a mini-clinic and medical equipment to travel to target areas, manned by doctors who can readily provide medical, dental ser-vices and even perform minor surgery.

In his message during the launch, Dr. Virgilio S. Ludov-ice, health operations division chief of DOH Bicol empha-sized the importance of the partnership between the local government units and DOH in the success of LBK “most es-pecially the local government units and the rural health units because they are the direct implementers of the health programs.”

He also explained that the concept of the LBK caravan

is not only about instilling health awareness and provid-ing medical services among the rural folks but it could also include reaching out to the constituents to bring other much needed government ser-vices right at their doorsteps much like the Good Gover-nance Caravan launched by

Governor LRay Villafuerte. The LBK launch started

with a press conference at-tended by the members of the tri-media who posed ques-tions about dengue and HIV where several cases were re-ported in the Bicol region.

After the press conference,

Bikol reporter6 octoBer 7 - 13, 2012

nabua, Camarines Sur: best placeto work, teach, learn and discover

by CHRIStOPHeR R. HeSItateacher-I, nabua Central Pilot School

Nabua, Camarines Sur is the best place to work, teach, learn and discover. Improv-ing the school’s quality, as well as the local government means that all factors that go into an environment em-power our community to be-come productive and globally competitive. The school has strength to draw upon as it works to maintain its quality in the face of competition and improving the academic ex-perience. With the help of the faculty and all the work force builds creativity, leadership and dedication of individual members of our society. The ideas and suggestions repre-sents the good output of the school with the over-all com-bined supervision of our El-ementary School Principal II, Mrs. Cynthia G. Infante and with Mrs. Emma Z. Aguado, our Public School District Su-pervisor.

Transparency and real service, problems will be trim down and service will be fast, these are the words during the Teachers’ Day celebration from our very energetic and handsome Division Super-intendent of Camarines Sur,

Mrs. Emma Z. Aguado, the PSDS of Nabua East District, gives an opening remarks during the 2012 Rinconada Wide Wide Kab-scouts Olimpikan, behind Mrs. Cynthia G. Infante, eSP II and bSP council staff. nCPS is a best venue for Olimpikan.

Mayor Delia C. Simbulan, Dr. Marrieta almonte and lGu staff, during the 112th Civil Service Celebration fun run. Nabua is best place to work and discover.

The Department of En-vironment and Natural Resources (DENR) turned over Tuesday (Sept. 25) some P13.7 million worth of lauan lumber to the Technical Education and Skills Development Au-thority (TESDA) for con-version into chairs for public schools under the PNoy Bayanihan Project (PBP).

DENR Secretary Ramon J. P. Paje and TESDA Direc-tor General Joel Villanueva signed the deed of transfer in simple rites held at TES-DA office in Taguig City, and witnessed by Bureau of Customs Commissioner Rozzano Rufino Biazon.

Paje underscored the “immense benefit” the proj-ect would have on the coun-try’s public education, which is perennially faced with shortage in desks, chairs and tables for students in the public elementary and sec-ondary schools.

“We are keenly aware of the immense benefits the

Dr. Gilbert T. Sadsad. World Teachers’ Day celebrates at Jesse Robredo Coliseum with Dr. Orfelina O. Tuy, the Regional Director for DepEd Region V, as the keynote speaker. As mentioned by the intelligent director how to make your school best place to work, teach and learn. Teachers should inspire pu-pils, choose good words, tell pupils in a soft voice and ap-preciate mistakes. These are the formulas that I will learn by heart from the director since I become a faculty of the Nab-

ua Central Pilot School.Nabua is best place to

work. Mayor Delia Simbulan is a good example of Seal of Good Housekeeping, be-ing the Presidential Lingkod Bayan Awardee of Civil Ser-vice Commission Pag-asa finalists to the 2012 Out-standing Public Officials and Employees, she pointed out during the 112th CSC Anni-versary last week, that aside from being humble, a govern-ment employee should be punctual, sincere and dedi-cated to serve the public, meaning good governance exist in our town.

Nabua best place to dis-cover. Learn the Alinsangan (Summer) Festival, it is an educational, lively, historic, colorful, and it’s more fun in the town. The Alinsangan ‘Boa-Boahan’ celebration is a colorful cultural event derived from the dialect, alinsangan, a word that describes the char-acteristics of the people living in the early settlements, peo-ple should discover Nabua - on its way towards the future city of the South Luzon.

P-Noy Baya-nihan Project to the enrich-ment of the country’s most important re-source – the education of the mother-land’s chil-dren,” Paje said.

He also stressed that the PBP “draws its energy from the power of convergence” among the DENR, TES-DA, DEP-Ed and the Philippine Amuse-ment and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR).

Under the PNoy Bayanihan Project, the DENR commits to donate its confiscated logs and lumber to the Department of Education (DepEd) to be man-ufactured into school desks, chairs and tables for distribu-tion to public elementary and

secondary schools nationwide. TESDA, on the other hand,

has taken the responsibility of providing the manpower as well as their training, and the facility for the production of school essential furniture out of the confiscated logs and lumber from the DENR. PAG-COR, meanwhile, shall pro-vide the logistics not only in the establishment of TESDA’s

production facilities but also other expenses that come with production of said school fur-niture, including the technical training of workers.

According to Paje, some 11,477 armchairs can be pro-duced from this DENR do-nation consisting of 137,726 board feet, citing that this batch will comprise the maiden pro-duction of TESDA’s PBP pro-

duction facility for the Nation-al Capital Re-gion (NCR).

A lum-ber stock of 435,285 bd. ft. worth P43.5 million is still at Pier 16 . This will produce addi-tional 36,273 armchairs for children in NCR’s public schools.

For his part, TESDA D i r e c t o r -General Joel Vi l l a n u e v a

expressed gratitude for Paje’s initiatives to “return to the country’s younger generations who have been robbed of their patrimony” the benefits from the forests, noting that at least 117 public schools have been so far benefitted by the project in Mindanao.

Since last year, TESDA has been operating a PBP

production facility for the CARAGA region, located at the Agusan Del Sur School of Arts and Trade in Patin-ay, Prosperidad.

As of August this year, Villanueva said the CARA-GA production facility has already produced a total of 27,353 armchairs and desks. The facility targets to pro-duce 140,000 pieces of es-sential school furniture from lumber turned over by the DENR.

PAGCOR’s overall fund contribution to the undertak-ing has reportedly reached P29.4 million.

“This is the overall result of something that began in small steps, and is now mak-ing strides not only in curb-ing illegal logging and cor-ruption but also in providing the requirements of the country’s public schools,” Paje said.

PBP aims to reduce the backlog of an estimated 2.5 million chairs, as of 2011, in 45,000 public elementary and high schools nation-wide.

(l-R photos) essayist jose Fernando Obias receives the Masirang na bituon kan literaturang bikolnon award from Premio arejola chair Carlos arejola, Parasurat kan taon niles jordan breis. Victor Dennis t. nierva and Kristian S. Cordero with naga City Mayor john bongat and Hon. judge Ramon a. arejola

Winners all: eduardo e. uy, Richard Madrilejos, eden elizan-Velarde, jay Salvador III P. Salvosa.

Niles Jordan Breis of Tabaco City was named Parasurat kan Taon (Writer of the Year) at the awards rites of the 2012 Premio Tomas Arejola sa Literaturang Bikolnon. Dubbed as Pagrokyaw sa Pinakamaray-rahay na Panurat kan Taon (A Toast for the Best Literary Works of the Year), the much-awaited gathering of Bicolano writers was held at the historic Holy Rosary Minor Seminary in Naga City Sept 29, this year.

Before advancing as over-all winner of the premiere prize for Bikol writing, Breis was awarded the Premio Arejola medallion for his essay, Binareta kan Anghel: Minahubag an Ngabil. Two of his other

shortlisted entries, Nasa Bitis kun Minsan an Kaogmahan and An Pigkukurahaw kan Saparupor na Kurakpaw were named second prize winner in the poetry and fiction categories. Breis won a total cash prize of P25, 000 and the Sumaro Bikolnon Parasurat kan Taon trophy.

Also a top honoree at this year’s Premio Arejola is Breis’ fellow Albayano Richard Madrilejos, whose works An Hikot ni ‘Pay Ben and Nata Maaskad an Dagat were respectively adjudged winners in the 1-act play for children and 1-act play categories. Madrilejos was awarded two gold medallions and a cash prize of P14, 000.

Other first prize winners include Kan Magkulog an Buot ni Balete by Eden

Elizan-Velarde of Naga City, winner of the children’s story category; Cinarding by Jay Salvador III P. Salvosa of Naga City, winner of the fiction category; and Pagpangaran by Eduardo E. Uy of Gubat, Sorsogon, winner of the hotly-contested poetry category which received a total of 26 poetry collections.

Also honored in the awards rites were 2nd and 3rd prize winners in the essay category, namely: Alagad Mayong Tito an Nabubuhay sa San Vicente by John Roemart dL. Atienza of Milaor, Camarines Sur, and Pusuanon by Menandro Abanes of Milaor, Camarines Sur and Nijmegen, The Netherlands;

3rd prize co-winners in the

nCCa-Premio arejola winners named,albayano wins ‘Writer of the Year’

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DENR turns over P13.7M worth of lumberto teSDa for school chair production


WoRlD teACHeRS’ DAY aleX buStaMante

Photos show thousands of public school teachers both from the elementary and secondary schools of the Division of Camarines Sur attended the World teachers’ Day celebration last Friday (Oct. 5), held at the jesse M. Robredo coliseum, barangay triangulo, naga City.

Photo shows (from l-R): Mr. alfonso Salcedo, jr., bPI executive Vice President and Head of Corporate banking; Ms. Gloria Steele, uSaID Mission Director; His excellency Harry thomas, jr., united States ambassador to the Philippines; Mr. aurelio Montinola III, bPI President and CeO; and Mr. jose teodoro limcaoco, bPI Family Savings bank President.

Bpi, uSAiD launch credit facility for Filipino SmesThe United States Agency

for International Develop-ment (USAID) has partnered with Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) for an eight-year credit facility agree-ment with the Bank acting as the channel and implemen-tor of the agency’s program. Through this partnership, BPI and USAID are reaching out to the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) based in key provincial areas to make bank financing more acces-sible for more Filipino entre-preneurs.

US Ambassador Henry Thomas Jr. commends the banks for their leadership in reaching out the SME sector which has traditionally lacked access to capital. He states, “Working together on this fa-

cility, we are sure to lift the en-trepreneurial spirit of Filipinos. We look very much forward to working with BPI and BPI Family Savings Bank so that together we can assist the Phil-ippines to move to a higher, sustained and more inclusive growth trajectory in line with other high-performing econo-mies of Asia.”

Under this program, the USAID will issue a $35 million collective portfolio for both BPI and BPI Family Savings Bank for the use of countryside SMEs as permanent working capital and capital expenditure, covering short to medium term loans from Php 200, 000 up to Php 60 million.

Says BPI President and CEO, Mr. Aurelio Montinola III, “BPI and BPI Family Sav-

ings Bank remain intent in strengthening our countryside small-and-medium-sized en-terprise (SME) lending activi-ties. We are honored that we have once again been chosen to partner with USAID, an af-firmation of our role as an ally, serving as conduit for interna-tional agencies. Through this partnership with USAID, we are able to address the critical issue of access to financing, especially for entrepreneurs based outside Metro Manila.”

Eligible project sites in-clude key provinces of Laguna, Batangas, Quezon, Cagayan de Oro, Camiguin, Bukidnon, Iloilo and Bacolod – identified as priority areas dominated by small and medium size busi-nesses. SMEs continually play a large role in the country’s

economic progress, accounting for 99.6% of registered busi-nesses in the Philippines. The USAID-BPI Credit Facility also contributes to the MSME Development Plan from 2011 to 2016 initiated by the Depart-ment of Trade and Industry to realize SME growth potential

and contribute significantly to the economy.

Mr. Jose Teodoro Lim-caoco, President of BPI Fam-ily Savings Bank believes that SMEs are able to provide the strongest channel for regional development. He shares, “BPI and BPI Family Savings Bank,

through its Ka-Negosyo Loans, remains firm in our commit-ment to support the Filipino entrepreneur – regardless of size. Indeed, we are grateful for this timely partnership as we reach out to support even more emerging Filipino coun-tryside entrepreneurs.”

fiction category Hanapon Mo Ako sa Musika by Eden Elizan-Velarde of Naga City and Balangaw by Jeffrey P. Regullano of Pili, Camarines Sur; and

Mga Rawitdawit Atang sa Itom by Jeffrey P. Regullano of Pili, Camarines Sur, the 3rd prize winner in the poetry category.

The Premio Bibiano Sabino sa Libro Bikol, the region’s only book prize, was awarded to Doros asin mga Anghel, a Bikol translation of John Donne’s sonnets, elegies and poetry by Victor Dennis T. Nierva and Minatubod Ako

ncca-premio arejola . . .sa Diklom, Kristain Sendon Cordero’s Bikol translation of Rainer Maria Rilke’s selected poems. Both books were published by the Ateneo de Naga University Press this year.

Veteran essayist Jose Fernado Obias was presented the Masirang na Bituon kan Literaturang Bikolnon (Shining Beacon of Bikol Literature) Award, the Premio Arejola’s highest distinction. Obias was honored for his seminal works on the Bikol language, arts, culture and history.

The equivalent of a

lifetime achievement, the award has been presented to Maria Lilia F. Realubit, Abdon Balde, Gode Calleja, Luis Cabalquinto, Liberato Aureus, Leonor Dy-Liaco and posthumously to James O’Brein, S.J. and Luis Dato.

Now on its 7th year, the Premio Tomas Arejola is widely regarded as Bicol’s premiere literary prize. It is, along with the Juliana Arejola-Fajardo sa Pagsurat Bikol and the Bukambibig Literary Performance Series, sponsored this year by the Naga City Government and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.


eXtRajuDICIal SettleMent OF eState WItH SaleNotice is hereby given that the named parties are the legitimate children and sole heirs of the late PABLO TALAVERA, who died on January 1, 1997 at Calamba City, died intestate without any Will or Testament with no known debts; left a parcel of land situated at Poblacion Zone 1, Del Gallego, Camarines Sur; the parties all of legal ages and with full capacity to contract hereby adjudicate unto themselves the land described; and for and in consideration of the sum of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND pesos (Php150,000.00) in hand paid by Marcos B. Colangan, married to Maria Elena G. Colangan, the heirs do hereby SELL, TRANSFER and CONVEY unto said MARIA ELENA G. COLANGAN, her heirs and assigns, all their rights and interests in the parcel of land described; as acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Cleto R. Suarilla, Doc. No. 1140, Page No. 128, Book No. III, Series of 2012.

bIKOl RePORteRPublished: Sept. 23, 30 and Oct. 7, 2012

nOtICe OF eXtRajuDICIal SettleMentNotice to the public is hereby given that the estate of the late CELEDONIA A. MARIANO who died intestate on December 4, 2011 in Naga City has been extra-judicially settled among her heirs as evidenced in the document executed and acknowledged before Notary Public Atty. Imelda R. Guerrero per Doc. 769, Page No. 154, Book No. XII, Series of 2012.

bIKOl RePORteRPublished: Sept. 30; Oct. 7 and 14, 2012

name of Deceased Date of IntermentNoel D. Baclagan Jr. September 04, 20121. Antonio G. Enteria Sr. September 05, 20122. Felina l. Bagalacsa September 04, 20123. Felomino C. Ramos September 14, 20124. Marcelina R. Ramos September 14, 20125. Milagros B. Decena September 10, 20126. lourdes SJ. Quiambao September 11, 20127. Bobby B. largo September 11, 20128. Blandina R. Villarin September 12, 20129. Gilberto R. Bedrero September 13, 201210. Paulino B. Parro September 21, 201211. Ernesto l. Balana September 21, 201212. Salvacion Z. Radasa September 22, 201213. Andrea M. Primavera September 29, 201214.

Republic of the PhilippinesOFFICe OFtHe MunICIPal CIVIl ReGIStRaR

libmanan, Camarines Sur

nOtICe OF PublICatIOnIn compliance with Section No. 5 of R.A. No. 9048,

a notice is hereby served to the public that Mercy Cortez abundo, has filed with this Office a Petition for Change of First Name from “RAZEl” to “RACHEl” in the birth certificate of RAZEl CORtEZ tOlOSA who was born on 08 November 1970 at Palangon, Libmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents are FeRnanDO tOlOSa and ANA CORtEZ.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than 20 October, 2012.

(Sgd.) eMIlIe a. DaIRaO Municipal Civil RegistrarbIKOl RePORteRPublished: October 7 and 14, 2012

Republic of the PhilippinesOFFICe OFtHe MunICIPal CIVIl ReGIStRaR

libmanan, Camarines Sur

nOtICe OF PublICatIOnIn compliance with Section No. 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a

notice is hereby served to the public that asther dela Cruz nacianceno-Capipon, has filed with this Office a Petition for Change of First Name from “EStER” to “AStHER” in the birth certificate of EStER CRUZ NACiANCENO who was born on January 20, 1970 at Poblacion, Libmanan, Camarines Sur and whose parents are RODOlFO na-CIanCenO and ElENA DElA CRUZ.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than 20 October, 2012.

(Sgd.) eMIlIe a. DaIRaO Municipal Civil RegistrarbIKOl RePORteRPublished: October 7 and 14, 2012

IV who is opposing the pro-posed creation of the new province of Nueva Camarines out of CamSur.

Fuentebella is finishing his third and last term in June next year, and his son William Felix is trying to ‘enhirit’ the post that would be vacated.

Actor Aga Mulach, how-ever, is running for the same post.

No longer eligible for the congressional seat, the elder Fuentebella would not run for governor of the proposed new province if the bill creating it materializes into a new law.

Rep. Fuentebella has de-nied that former president and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo lobbied for the bill, as she has no in-terest to protect in the pro-posed Nueva Camarines.

He said Arroyo’s son Di-osdado is representative of CamSur’s second district, which will remain with the mother province. - Rey Nasol

fuenteBella .. .

already wrote about in this column. * * * * * *

October is the month of the Holy Rosary and I want to remind our readers about the 15 Promises of Mary to Christian who recite the rosary. This was taken from the Pieta Prayer Booklet.

1. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the rosary shall receive signal graces.

2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who recite the rosary.

3. The rosary shall be a powerful armour against hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin and defeat heresies.

4. It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of man from the love of the world and its vanities and lift them to the desire of eternal things. Souls would sanctify themselves by their ‘means’.

5. The soul that recommends itself to me by the recitation of the rosary shall not perish.

6. Whoever shall recite the rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its sacred mysteries shall not be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice. He shall remain in the grace of God and become worthy of eternal life.

7. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church.

8. Those who are faithful to recite the rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and plenitude of His graces.

9. I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the rosary.

10. The faithful children of the rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in heaven.

11. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the rosary.

12. All those who propagate the holy rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.

13. I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of death.

14. All who recite the rosary are my sons, brothers of my only son Jesus Christ.

15. Devotion of my rosary is a great sign of predestination.(Given to St. Dominic and Blessed Alan) Imprimatur: Patrick

HJ. Hayes, Archbishop of New York.

from my window . . .

gram, on Saturday will be the Awarding of Outstanding Sr. Citizens and Sr. Citizens Chapter, on October 9, Tues-day the “Araw ni Manuel Conde” also known as Di-rector Jun “Mr. Shooli” Ur-bano and the opening of the Cooperative Month.

Mayor Sarion said that on October 12 will be the Bicol 2012 Regional Essay Writing Competition on the life of Sec. Jesse M. Robredo. The contest will be held in Ca-marines Norte in the morn-ing and in Camarines Sur in the afternoon. This will be followed by the meeting of the Municipal Development Council (MDC) to discuss the updates on the infrastruc-ture projects like the Central Terminal, renovation of the

octoBer activities . . .Elevated plaza and others.

Other activities for the next days are the Synchro-nized Barangay Assembly Day, Gawad Kalinga Daet Enchanted Farm Commit-ment Ceremony, State of the Children’s Report for the Children’s Month Celebra-tion, Pro-Daet River Day and 1st Daet Trike Expo.

This will be followed by the blessing of the Produc-tion Center of Water Lily in Barangay Lag-On, MMA Fight for Peace, Business Plan Competition and the blessing of the GK Enchant-ed Farm.

Also included in the ac-tivities is the visit of Mayor Sarion in Albay and Sorso-gon in connection with the Bicol 2012 Essay Writing

Competition on Oct. 26 to be held in the said provinces in the morning and after-noon. There will be Knights of Rizal General Assembly, Barangay Public Safety Of-ficer (BPSO) Pass and Re-view Parade and Awarding of Outstanding BPSO and BPSO Stations.

A Commemoration of the Erection of the First Rizal Monument in Daet through the launching of the Book on the First Rizal Monu-ment will be held on Oct. 31 as the final activity of this year’s Visit Daet 2012 for this month.

kidneys and urinary tract. Obstructions, which include kidney stones, could lead to infection of the kidneys and subsequent scarring. Ob-structions are solid residues in the urinary tract that may cause obstruction to the flow of urine. Abnormalities in the urinary tract that are con-genital or inborn may lead to poor function of the kidney.

Ramos also cited high blood pressure or hyperten-sion and diabetes as some of the most common illnesses, which eventually triggers kidney failure.

“Prolonged hypertension damages the small arteries

nkti, pia hold awareness . . .in the kidneys. This may start a vicious cycle: dam-aged kidneys cause more serious hypertension which in turn brings more dam-age to the kidneys. Diabetes on the other hand, may also contribute in the damage of one’s kidney and is consid-ered as the leading cause of chronic failure.”

Still in line with NKTI’s promotional activities, PIA-Camarines Sur has also in-vited Dr. Abigail Abonal, also a nephrologist to guest in one of the local television shows here, primarily to share the same information and awareness to viewers.

Abonal said that one of the best ways to avoid the chronic renal failure is to simply submit oneself to at least a yearly check-up, in-cluding blood and creatinine test.

“The best solution is still prevention. Avoid salty foods, drugs, herbal medi-cines, fast food and junk foods. Let us go back to the basics, fruits, vegetables and fish,” Abonal said.

a brief program ensued with the welcome remarks of Dr. Wilfredo C. Baniqued, OIC of Provincial Health Office (PHO).

Darlene L. Nuyles, chief of PhilHealth, CamSur, talk-ed about the importance of being PhilHealth members to the participants who came from the different towns of the province along with their children, 5 years old and be-

camsur, doh launch . . .low. Some of the pregnant mothers took time to avail of free pre-natal check-up at the air conditioned bus situated in front of the Convention Cen-ter.

Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) helped out in assist-ing participants to the various health classes on breast feed-ing, child care, proper nutri-tion, family planning, tuber-culosis and HIV prevention.

and government clients as mandated by law and by its own charter.

Administrator Atty. Diaz and EVP Garcia led the rib-bon-cutting ceremonies to of-ficially launch the VeteranTell-er ATM and the timekeeping kiosk along with LRA Deputy Administrator Atty. Ronald A. Ortile, LRA Deputy Adminis-trator Atty. Robert Nomar V. Leyretana, and officers from Veterans Bank including VP and Branch Central Services Head Alfredo B. Santiago, AVP and South Luzon Area Head Chona Victoria R. Gu-ray, AVP and North Metro Manila Area Head Ezmeralda S.D. Halal, Senior Manager and Main Office Services Head Mirella S. Valverde, Ti-mog Branch Head Hernando B. Tapang, Marikina Branch

Head Crizzan C. Galvez, As-sistant Manager and Cash Management Services Head Claire V. Alba, and Assistant Manager and ATM Operations Officer Lauro M. Cruz Jr.

Veterans Bank’s partner-ship with the Land Registra-tion Authority is a testament to the bank’s continued com-mitment to its private and government clientele with innovative banking products and solutions.

Veterans Bank has been expanding its services to both government and pri-vate clients nationwide, of-fering an innovative array of products and services. As an authorized government de-pository, the bank has been helping local government units, government-owned-and-controlled corporations

and government agencies by providing them with access to banking services to spur local and national growth and development.

Veterans Bank is a private commercial bank owned by World War II veterans and their descendants. It has 60

veterans Bank, lra . . .

branches nationwide and also caters to private and corpo-rate retail markets. As part of its mandate, Veterans Bank allocates 20% of its annual net income for the benefit of World War II veterans and their heirs through medical and livelihood programs.


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AuCtion SAleNotice is hereby given that all pawned items for JUNE 2012 which were not redeemed will be auctioned on nOVeMbeR 05, 2012 at 9:00 o’clock in the morning.

pAiSiIpinapaisi sa publico na ang gabos na ipinagsangra kan HUNyO 2012 isusubasta sa NOViEMBRE 05, 2012 alas 9:00 nin aga. the ManagementbIKOl RePORteRPublished: OCtOBER 7, 2012

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all unredeemed items/articles pawned at aSPe IGualDaD PAWNSHOP, Cor. igualdad Ext. & J. Hernandez Ave., igualdad, naga City, pawned from MAy 01-31, 2012 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on nOVeMbeR 3, 2012 from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 NOON.

Redemption/Renewals of all pledges covered by the above-mentioned date will be honored until OCtObeR 28, 2012 only. tHe ManaGeMentbIKOl RePORteRPublished: OCtOBER 7 and 14, 2012


all unredeemed items/articles pawned at aSPe eXPlOReR PaWnSHOP, Ground Floor, bichara Complex, abella St., Igual-dad, naga City, pawned from MAy 01-31, 2012 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on nOVeMbeR 3, 2012 from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 NOON.



all unredeemed items/articles pawned at aSPe SPeeD PaWnSHOP, jR. bichara Complex, San antonio Poblacion, Calabanga, Camarines Sur, pawned from MAy 01-31, 2012 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on NOVEMBER 3, 2012 from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 NOON.



all unredeemed items/articles pawned at ROWena aSPe PaWnSHOP, P. burgos St., corner j. Hernandez avenue, naga City, pawned from MAy 01-31, 2012 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on NOVEMBER 3, 2012 from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 NOON.



all unredeemed items/articles pawned at R. M. aSPe PAWNSHOP, Cor. Panganiban & Elias Angeles Street, Naga City, pawned from MAy 01-31, 2012 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on NOVEMBER 3, 2012 from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 NOON.



all unredeemed items/articles pawned at e. bOY aSPe PaWnSHOP, Prieto Street, Filabel arcade, Dinaga, naga City, pawned from MAy 01-31, 2012 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on NOVEMBER 3, 2012 from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 NOON.



all unredeemed items/articles pawned at aSPe SuPeR-PaWn PaWnSHOP Crown jewel Holdings Inc., elias angeles St., San Francisco, naga City, pawned from MAy 01-31, 2012 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on NOVEMBER 3, 2012 from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 NOON.



all unredeemed items/articles pawned at aSPe CROWn-JEWEl PAWNSHOP & JEWElRy StORE, Bichara Mall corner J. Hernandez & Gen. luna Sts., Naga City, pawned from MAy 01-31, 2012 whose terms have expired will be sold to public auction sale on NOVEMBER 3, 2012 from 9:00 A.M.-12:00 nOOn.


Inc. – 2nd runner up; St. Jude Agro Industrial College – 3rd runner up and getting the 4th place was Buhi St.Joseph Academy Inc.

Atty. Remelisa Alfelor-Moraleda congratulated all the winners for their renewed vigor and commended the other contenders for untir-ingly carrying the torch of sportsmanship during the said competition.

“I would like to acknowl-

unep holds 50th activation . . .edge the great effort that ev-ery participating contingent has poured in just to be with us in this competition. While we chose the best from among the contenders, not having a place doesn’t mean you are a loser. Each one of you is a winner- for embodying the value of discipline, camara-derie and sportsmanship and for keeping the flame of co-operation alive.”

The activity held Octo-

ber 1 at the UNEP Sports and Military training ground was witnessed by no less than Group Commander of the Philippine Army 5th RCDG Army Reserve Command in Camp Ola in Legaspi City, Col. Nestor S. Porlucas INF (GSC), as the distinguished Guest of Honor.

Porlucas was also im-pressed with this year’s sur-prise guest participant who wowed their audience with their skillful moves and drills. Moraleda has invited Colegio De San Ildefonso Band and Majorettes from the City of Makati to grace this year’s Activation Day.

Other local guest partici-pants which include Partido

former Senator and LP scion in Albay Victor S. Ziga, is eye-ing for the congressional seat in the first district to be vacat-ed by Edcel C. Lagman who

College Band and Majorettes ROTC WATC and Sponsors from Partido; Baao Com-munity College from Baao; LADS and LASSIES Learn-ing Center DBC/ Majorettes and Iriga Central School DLC/ Majorettes also faired off with their superb perfor-mances.

The annual Army ROTC Activation Day was the brain-child and now a legacy of for-mer Camarines Sur Governor Felix O. Alfelor Sr.

alBay gov re-election . . .will graduate as three-termer congressman who pushed his son in lieu of him.

Ricky Venancio V. Ziga, incumbent Albay Board Mem-ber will face off with Edcel Grecko Lagman, incumbent councilor of Quezon City, in the “son to son duel” which according to pundits has abruptly changed the political landscape in the province due to shifting of party affiliations. Despite son of an LP scion, Ziga carries the banner of the United Nationalist Alliance while Lagman is LP bet.

For Albay second district, Rep. Al Francis C. Bichara (NP) is sure to finish his third term as congressman, though

opposed by broadcaster Sultan Wally Magdato, but neophyte in politics. On the other hand, Mayor Dante Arandia of Pio Duran town has challenged the incumbent congressman, Rep. Fernando V. Gonzalez in the third district.

Ziga family had been car-rying the LP flag since former Albay Gov. Venancio Ziga, former Senator Tecla San An-dres Ziga up to Senator Victor S Ziga who became cabinet secretary of former President Cory C. Aquino. “What went wrong?” pundits said. The old Lagman and Salceda were known as “defender” and “Rasputin” respectively of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo but now under the administration’s ticket. -Elmer James Bandol


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PROvINCIAL ELIMINATIONS:* Cam. Norte - Oct. 12 - 8AM Central Plaza Mall, Daet, CNorte

* Cam. Sur - Oct. 12 - 12:30PM Jesse m. robredo Coliseum, naga City

Gov. SalCeDa

Albay govre-electionbid unopposed

LEGAZPI CITY - “My opponent is poverty”, was the evasive answer of Al-bay Gov. Joey S. Salceda, to the question if he was expecting an opponent for his second term until the final day of the filing of certificate of candidacy (COC) Friday and nobody with guts run against him.

Indirectly answering said question by newsmen following the filling of his COC, Salceda, instead men-tioned in litany his accom-plishments including the second award he received for Galing Pook Awards from the Department of the Interior and Local Govern-ment which, according to him, pushed the province as nominee to the Hall of Fame.

Assured that he will re-main to continue his next term, the governor, known as the “green economist”, is pursuing plans in priority order “education, health, in-frastructure and tourism” by saying that 34,000 students are enjoying the education program while more than 60,000 recipients of the Pan-tawid Pamilya Program.

For infrastructure, Salce-da enumerated the south rail inclusion of the Philippine National Railways to the “three-way system” from Naga City to Legazpi City connecting the “alternative highway” aimed for disaster risk reduction and mitigation program while “agro-ethnic village, Cabesa de Camalig” and improvements for Japa-nese tunnels and Skyline Hotel are included in tour-ism plan.

He also proudly men-tioned that Albay would be the center of the Philippine Rural Development by the Department of Agriculture “by merely sharing ten per cent equity” the province’s rural roads will be con-creted. “The geo-tagging, seminar and training for this program had been finished” he added.

For his re-election bid, Salceda is gunning under the administration’s Lib-eral Party (LP) with Harold O. Imperial, the incumbent vice-governor as his team mate facing two opponents namely: Brando Sael (Inde-pendent) and Jesus James Calisin (PDP), both wanted to come back as vice-gover-nors.

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